About-Mihalis olive groves

Let me tell some things about me:            I'm from Albania, i came here in Sitia like economic emigrant in 1996, woking in diffrent jobs ,first and in olives too.In Albania i was a teacher, but the bad economic situation forced me to be migrated.      Personally adore nature, and Creta i think has a wonderful nature with really good people, arkeological resourses, clear sea, etc.      At the biginning we rent some olive groves here but then decide to buy some, so now we have some our olive groves and someother rent. After some years works in that way we thought maybe did want to be better trying to sell our olive oil with our label and so we do.

Our olive oil grove is located in the area  of Sitia in east Crete. The area of Sitia offers an ideal microclimate for the production of quality olive oil. That is why, the European Union included the area in the system of PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) to protect and promote this particular olive oil.In are of Sitia are 38 cooperatives that have their factory and their storage areas that comply with EU rules for PDO products

The extra virgin olive oil is extracted by cold pressure centrifugation and removed in closed circuit stainless tanks. It is disposed of within two months December and Janouary but these time i harvest and some days on February, and it comes from koroneiki olives in the villages: Skordilo, Krya and Ahladia in the Sitia area.

The oil is kept in large stainless steel tanks inside of buildings with suitable housing to protect from high temperatures. These tanks remains some time to clean themselves and clarified by natural precipitation.

The cooperative of Axladia like a big producer of olive oil has given me one of these and mr LATZANAKIS (sitia olive oil, LATZANAKIS ESTATE which is next to coop factory) that bottled my olive oil for me came and take it from there and bottled it .

Our target is not to produce a large quantity of olive oil but to offer a gourmet product which is so rich in anti-oxidants and other hygienic properties.
This olive oil has a unique, rich, fruity aroma capturing the scent of the wild herbs nearby. We serve it to you in several different quantities of packaging, depending on your requirements.